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Lipton releases… Pudding Milk Tea in Japan?!?

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2026
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Lipton caters to the Japanese market with an exclusive new dessert beverage.

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• (desserts • drinks • food • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • milk tea • Morinaga • new • pudding • purin • sweets • tea • tea latte • weird)

Is this the rudest parfait in all of Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2023

“Prohibited Parfait” brings new meaning to nude food.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • diner • food • Japanese desserts • limited edition • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • parfait • retro • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Lawson’s new “drowning in cream” pancakes take convenience store sweets to another level

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2021

It’s not the only dessert to be drowning in cream right now at the popular chain. 

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• (brownies • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cute • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese desserts • konbini • Lawson • limited edition • pancakes • sweets)

How to make a Japanese Air Cheesecake with just three ingredients

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2021

Simple recipe takes five minutes from start to finish!

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• (cakes • Cheesecake • cooking • cream • desserts • Japanese desserts • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty)

Turn a persimmon into a pudding with one simple ingredient

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2021

No gelatin necessary for this no-bake Japanese purin recipe!

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• (cooking • creme caramel • custard • desserts • fruit • Japanese desserts • persimmons • pudding • purin • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty)

We try a new natto coffee ice cream that took 17 months to perfect

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2021

Tokyo cafe finds a way to use natto’s sticky texture to create a dessert like Turkish ice cream.

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• (cafes • coffee • COK • desserts • dondurma • fermented soybeans • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • Tokyo • Turkish ice cream)

Blue Bottle Coffee’s limited-time shaved ice dessert is exquisite

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2021

Kakigori, Japan’s beloved summertime sweet, gets a Blue Bottle makeover.

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• (Blue Bottle Coffee • coffee • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)

We visit a Japanese cafe famous for John Lennon and epic pancakes

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2021

A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.

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• (cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • John Lennon • Kamakura • pancakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yoko Ono)

We try the new Häagen-Dazs Decorations ice creams in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2021

Has the brand improved on their first release, when its decorations looked more like Chinese food?

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• (COK • desserts • food • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Avocado Tiramisu Cake: Japan’s newest must-try dessert

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2021

Sell-out cake from popular Japanese cafe chain presents a new frontier for avocado.

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• (avocado • cafes • cakes • COK • desserts • food • fruit • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Rainbow mille crepes brighten up the food scene in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2021

We try the colourful sweet that’s becoming all the rage on social media.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • crepes • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • pancakes • rainbow • review • Saza • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Anime pancakes from Poupelle of Chimney Town require magic before eating

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2021

We try the interactive dessert that’s melting hearts in Tokyo.

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• (anime • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • movies • pancakes • Poupelle of Chimney Town • SNJO • Studio 4°C • sweets • Tokyo)

Unusual Japanese ice creams take your taste buds on a trip around Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2020

Journey from the north to south of the country with this collection of rare, region-exclusive ice creams.

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• (COK • delivery • desserts • food • green tea • ice cream • Japanese desserts • matcha • rare • review • shopping • SNJO • sweets • taste test • travel • unusual ice creams)

Matcha parfait ice cream bars: Kyoto tea store deconstructs parfaits, creates stunning new sweets

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2020

We try the most beautiful ice creams in Japan.

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• (COK • desserts • green tea • ice cream • Itohkyuemon • Japanese desserts • Kyoto • matcha • parfait • review • sakura • SNO • sweets • taste test • Uji Matcha)

Save money AND enjoy a delicious jiggly jelly treat with this Starbucks topping ‘hack’

• Katie Pask
  Aug 8, 2020

Now you can have your drink and eat it, too.

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (coffee • drink • experiment • Japanese desserts • latte • mochi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • warabi mochi)

Enjoy the refreshing taste of summer with these beautiful water drop cakes

• Katie Pask
  Jun 24, 2020

Perfect for your tastebuds and your Instagram feed!

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (anmitsu • cute • desserts • food • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • Kanagawa Prefecture • mizu anmitsu • sweets)

We try a Ninja Kakigori shaved ice dessert in Japan and wash it down with Cheese Tapioca Tea

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2019

Castle setting is the perfect home for this shadow warrior’s Japanese dessert. 

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• Japan
• (Japanese desserts • kakigori • Nagoya • Ninja • shaved ice • shinobi • SNJO • sweets)

New Kumo Cloud Cake from Tokyo is the Japanese sweet on everyone’s lips right now

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2019

Taste the clouds on your tongue and float away to a better place in the heart of the capital.

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• (cakes • cloud cake • clouds • COK • desserts • hotels • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • Mandarin Hotel • SNOJ • sweets • Tokyo)

Cold Stone now has sakura mochi ice cream in Japan for a limited time!

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2018

The addition of pounded sticky rice makes this new creation taste like a traditional Japanese daifuku sweet.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Cold Stone • daifuku • desserts • ice cream • Japanese desserts • mochi • sakura • sweets)

Fried Oyster Ice Cream: the taste of the sea in a Japanese soft serve dessert【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 29, 2018

One of Japan’s most intriguing flavour pairings

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Okayama • oysters • SNOJ • soft serve • sweets • taste test • weird)

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